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Asteroceras stellare

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites stellaris was named by Sowerby (1815).

It was recombined as Asteroceras stellare by Hollingworth et al. (1990), Corna and Dommergues (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ammonites stellaris Sowerby
1843Ammonites stellaris d'Orbigny p. 47
1990Asteroceras stellare Hollingworth et al. figs. Pl 1, figs 12,13
1995Asteroceras stellare Corna and Dommergues

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusAsterocerasHyatt 1867
speciesstellare()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Asteroceras stellare Sowerby 1815
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter190.7

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Obtusum or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Asteroceras stellare (234373)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites stellaris (227267)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Asteroceras stellare (200466 200568 200575 200576 200577 200578)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Asteroceras stellare (159466)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Asteroceras stellare (78211 78284)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Asteroceras stellare (204147)